Annette and Victoria Quintana, co-founders of Istonish share their thoughts on what it takes to start and build a sustainable company. And what it’s like to work with your sister for twenty five years.

You just signed up for new cable or phone service and suddenly you’re being transferred to a third party verification service (TPV). Have you ever wondered why? Although TPV is used to verify many other types of transactions, the most common use is to verify your phone service. Following are 7 things you need to know about TPV.

From WIRED-The buzzy collaboration platform, Slack, has blown up over the last year, with half a million daily users and a $2.8 billion valuation. Now it’s just hit a different milestone for budding startups: Getting humiliated by hackers who defeated its not-quite-ready-for-prime-time security protections.

From Denver Business Journal: An estimated 1.9 million women-owned businesses contribute more than $1.4 trillion in revenues to the U.S. economy, according to American Express Open's 2014 State of Women-Owned Business report.

From Techcrunch: LG was among the first wave of smartphone makers to venture into smartwatches. The G Watch and G Watch R are probably among the best in the market right now — not that this statement says much — but LG just announced its latest addition, the LG Watch Urbane, as Apple prepares to enter the space.